Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Jerusalem Division + Unity

An “East Jerusalem” of the קדם QeDeM, the east or past, was called שלםShalem/Salem (complete,
peaceful).This was the city of the
gentile spiritual leaderמלכי-צדק Malki-Tsedeq
of Genesis 14:18.Just as Esau got his
12 tribes right away, the city of שלםShalem/Salem was already
established when Abraham, the first wandering Hebrew, arrived. The non-Jews are
loved unconditionally. A king whose King is Righteousness, מלכי-צדק, earns
the kingdom right away.

The Jews are loved, but conditionally, with the tough love of a
very involved parent. Abraham doesn’t get a land, but a Promised Land. A “West
Jerusalem” of a future time when the sun will set. Abraham is commanded to
leave his homeland for a place that he
will be shown (Genesis 12:1). Then, he is sent on a Mission Impossible again to
an unknown place. It is seen only from far off in Genesis 22:4. For the Jew in Exile for thousands of years, a
Jerusalem would only be a prayer for “next year.” After his encounter with the
future Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Abraham names the place in future tense יראהYiREH (will see)… Genesis 22:14,
B’HaR HaSHeM YeyRAeH, on the
Eternal’s mountain it will be seen. Here is the Jewish “Jeru” half of JERUsalem
that would one day be unified with the SALEM half of the JeruSALEM of the
righteous gentiles.

I was in Junior High not far from Salem, Massachusetts in June 1967 as the
news promised Holocaust II, not Temple III. 50 years to the day has passed
since Jerusalem has become where this Jerusalemite can stand inside your gates,
O Jerusalem, in a built-up city that that has been united (Psalms 122: 2,3).
May we see peace.